Directed by Akiva Schaffer, Rosemarie DeWitt and Nicholas Braun also star in the film about a group of male neighbours who decide to start up the watchdog group as a cover to escape their wives, only for their plans to go awry when they discover a conspiracy that puts the world at risk.

Chris Tucker had also been in talks about playing one of the neighbours.

Richard - who wrote and directed Submarine - is best known for playing geeky computer nerd Maurice Moss in The IT Crowd, alongside Chris O'Dowd as his sidekick Roy.